Test 8 · Lithuanian and Polish times, the first Cossacks
someone says crimean tatars today should pay for the old raids. what's the wise answer?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: someone, crimean tatars · What happens: say, pay, be · To what, where: wise answer · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 8 of lesson 43 «Lithuanian and Polish times, the first Cossacks» of the history course of Mova's primary school. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: the test at school.
The question
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | someone | someone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 2 says | nsubj |
| 2 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | crimean | crimean | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 tatars | amod |
| 4 | tatars | tatar | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 pay | nsubj |
| 5 | today | today | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 pay | obl:unmarked |
| 6 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 7 pay | aux |
| 7 | pay | pay | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 says | ccomp |
| 8 | for | for | ADP | _ | 11 raids | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 raids | det |
| 10 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 raids | amod |
| 11 | raids | raid | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 pay | obl |
| 12 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 pay | punct |
| 13 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 17 answer | nsubj |
| 14 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 17 answer | cop |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 answer | det |
| 16 | wise | wise | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 17 answer | amod |
| 17 | answer | answer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 pay | parataxis |
| 18 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | someone | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | pay | should | crimean tatars | today | for the old raids | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent for raid=Theme | |||
| 3 | is a | present | the wise answer | tree rules |
One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Past wrongs are history, not a reason to hate a people living now
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Past | past | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 wrongs | amod |
| 2 | wrongs | wrong | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 history | nsubj |
| 3 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 history | cop |
| 4 | history | history | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 reason | punct |
| 6 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 8 reason | advmod |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 reason | det |
| 8 | reason | reason | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 history | conj |
| 9 | to | to | PART | _ | 10 hate | mark |
| 10 | hate | hate | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 8 reason | acl |
| 11 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 people | det |
| 12 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 hate | obj |
| 13 | living | live | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 12 people | acl |
| 14 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 10 hate | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | Past wrongs | history and a reason | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | hate | to-infinitive | Past wrongs not said here | a people | now | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer people=Stimulus | |||
| 3 | live | gerund | a people not said here | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 2
Only the raids matter, not later history
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Only | only | ADV | _ | 3 raids | advmod |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 raids | det |
| 3 | raids | raid | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 matter | nsubj |
| 4 | matter | matter | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 history | punct |
| 6 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 8 history | advmod |
| 7 | later | late | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 8 history | advmod |
| 8 | history | history | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 matter | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | matter | present | the raids | history | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus |
Option 3
The raids never happened
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 raids | det |
| 2 | raids | raid | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 happened | nsubj |
| 3 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 4 happened | advmod |
| 4 | happened | happen | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not happen | past | the raids | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 4
Yes, every Tatar alive today is guilty and should pay for what happened long ago
The tree, 15 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 8 guilty | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 4 Tatar | det |
| 4 | Tatar | Tatar | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 guilty | nsubj |
| 5 | alive | alive | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 Tatar | amod |
| 6 | today | today | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 guilty | obl:unmarked |
| 7 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 guilty | cop |
| 8 | guilty | guilty | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 pay | cc |
| 10 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 11 pay | aux |
| 11 | pay | pay | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 8 guilty | conj |
| 12 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 14 happened | mark |
| 13 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 14 happened | nsubj |
| 14 | happened | happen | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 pay | advcl |
| 15 | long | long | ADV | Degree=Pos | 16 ago | advmod |
| 16 | ago | ago | ADV | _ | 14 happened | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | every Tatar | today | guilty property | tree rules | |||
| 2 | pay | should | every Tatar not said here | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | happen | past | ago property | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.
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